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Mission happenings in India and abroad - be it about the new centres, the new Acharyas, the transfer of Acharyas or the various programmes in our 300 odd centres - this page has it all.
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| Activities at CORD Sri Lanka |
| We are happy to inform you that CORD has established its Network in Batticoloa, Ramboda (plantation sector), Jaffna and Kilinochchi. The programs offered iclude:
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Social and Economic activity which involves self-employment opportunities and livelihood sustainability, namely, home gardening, cash crops, animal husbandry and various other activities at the cottage level.
Some of the activities are put on hold, such as cattle and milk-cow breeding due to limitations of funding and cost factor. Each cow costs around SL Rs. 50,000 to 70,000
CAPACITY BUILDING TO SELF-HELP WOMEN GROUPS (SHG)
The ultimate objective of the project is the empowerment of women... |
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30 Sep, 2012 |
| Chinmaya Vrindavan Center hosts an Ashtothara Sata Homa Kunda Srichakra Homam |
| On Sept 29, 2012 Chinmaya Vrindavan Center hosted an Ashtothara Sata Homa Kunda Srichakra Homam in association with Soundarya Lahiri, a non-profit organization promoting Srividya Tradition and Srichakra Worship. The purpose of the homam was to purify the grounds of the ashram for the upcoming construction of a new Radha-Krishna temple and for the many Balavihar activities that will take place here. In order to do this, the fire offering of 108 aromatic herbs, 8 aromatic herbs, and 5 different ghees were flown in from India for this event, and they filled the atmosphere with spiritual vibrations.
The 108 homa kundams covered a chakra calculated on the fly, and lovingly hand-drawn on the ashram’s front lawn. When completed, it covered a 250 foot by 250 square area.... |
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29 Sep, 2012 |
| Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrations at Vibhooti |
| Ganeshotsav 2012 at Chinmaya Vibhooti
This was the 4th year that the residents of Chinmaya Vibhooti celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi on campus. However, this year was special as now there is the Pranav Ganesh Mandir in Vibhooti, which was inaugurated in January this year. The idol for the Utsav was also installed in the same temple for 5 days, from the 19th to 23rd of September.
The Lord was brought to Vibhooti on 19th morning with great fanfare. The group of Yuvaveers added energy to the procession, dancing to the music with great enthusiasm.
During the 5 days there was a congregational chanting of OM GAM GANAPATAYE NAMAH, bhajans, a musical dedication, Ganesh... |
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26 Sep, 2012 |
| Amazing Grace at Chinmaya Govardhan - Pujya Guruji’s Visit to St. Augustine, Florida |
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After a long seven-year wait, Chinmaya Mission St. Augustine (Florida) was extremely blessed and filled with gratitude to welcome Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda again at the Chinmaya Govardhan ashram, May 20-24, 2012.
Guruji took two informal Q&A satsangs daily, completely satisfying devotees with his extraordinarily insightful yet simple answers to life’s spiritual and practical dilemmas. He also gave three evening talks on Madhurashtakam, the beautiful devotional hymn on Lord Krishna composed by Shri Vallabhacharya. Guruji’s in-depth interpretation of this apparently simple text was amazingly profound. Truly, his words and presence wrapped us in the aura of Lord Krishna’s ... |
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23 Sep, 2012 |
| CBSE Awards for Teachers and Mentors 2011 |
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The success of the Chinmaya Education Movement has been primarily due to its unique vision of offering academic education complemented with spiritual knowledge. This has been made possible through the distinctive foundation programme of learning-the Chinmaya Vision Programme (CVP)-which was formulated, developed, and implemented by the CCMT Education Cell on all levels of each Chinmaya educational institution.
We share the recognition in the form of prestigious “CBSE Award for Teachers - 2011” given to Dr. Ashok Singh, Principal of Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Bokaro Steel City by Government of India, Ministry of HRD recently on 4th September, 2012 at a function held in New Delhi. The award was given by Dr. D. Purandeswari, Minister of... |
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17 Sep, 2012 |
| 3rd Anniversary Celebrations of Chinmaya Naada Bindu |
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On the occasion of completing three years of its existence, Chinmaya Naad Bindu put together an in-house programme on 13th September. Ramaa Bharadvaj, Dance Director, CNB presented a short dance item, ‘Mitranjali’ which was appreciated by all. The unique feature of this item was that Ramaaji explained all her gestures before her actual performance which made it more meaningful and enjoyable.
It was then the turn of the Resident Director, CNB, Pramodini Rao who presented a few bhajans in her melodious voice, which were thoroughly enjoyed by the audience. The audience comprised of Swami Mitrananda, Swami Chidrupananda, Swami Ramakrishnananda and Swami Paratmananda, Yuva Veers and a few Sevaks of Chinmaya Vibhooti. A few members of the Sadhana Village who too... |
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17 Sep, 2012 |
| Chinmaya Shivam Cultural Evening in South Africa |
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More than 650 people gathered at the Kendra Hall on 15 September 2012 for the grand and first ever Chinmaya Shivam Cultural evening. After weeks of meticulous planning under the guidance of Pujya Swami Abhedanandaji, the wet weather could not dampen the high spirits of the devotees. The guest of honor was the Indian Consulate General of India, Mr V.K. Sharma accompanied by his wife.
The evening’s program commenced with invocation prayers and Guru Stotram recited by the children of the Bal-Vihar class. This was followed by beautiful renditions of bhajans by Mr Kiren Ishwarlall. This was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience and many sang along in the chorus. Devotees were enthralled as Miss Varsha Sharma & partner performed the Kathak dance steps to the... |
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15 Sep, 2012 |
| 150th Birth Year celebration of Swami Vivekananda |
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In connection with the 150th Birth Year Celebrations of Swami Vivekananda the Ramakrishna Mission in Delhi hosted a 3-day Inter-faith meet “Awakening Indians “ from 11th to 13th September. H.H. Dalai Lama flagged off the event at the Ramakrishna Mission Auditorium in Delhi. Our former President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was the Chief Guest at this event. The topic for this meeting of luminaries was - World Meet for Peace and Harmony.
Pujya Guruji, Swami Tejomayananda was chairperson of the 1st Session, on Peace and Harmony – The religious Perspective. The four panelists, including himself, each represented different religious faiths – Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Hinduism.
Expressing gratitude at being invited, Guruji... |
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13 Sep, 2012 |
| CIRS - Ranked No.1 in Tamil Nadu! |
| Hari Om! Greetings from Vadodara!
I am very happy to share with you all that following a recent survey conducted by Education World (a reputed national magazine that provides education news and coverage from all parts of the country), our Chinmaya International Residential School (CIRS) at Coimbatore has been placed as No. 1 amongst all boarding schools in the state of Tamil Nadu, and No. 9 amongst all boarding schools across India. This is a heartwarming and most wonderful achievement.
It is a significant accomplishment as last year CIRS ranked No.18 amongst boarding schools across India and now we are in the Top 10! In Tamil Nadu we were No. 5.
A scanned copy of the write-up by Education World (including a photograph) as well as a press cutting is attached.... |
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13 Sep, 2012 |
| Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda's Yajna at Bhavnagar |
| Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda conducted Jnana Yajna of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17, Shraddha Traya Vibhaga Yoga at Bhavnagar, Gujarat from 5th to 9th September, 2012.
Br. Samaatma Chaitanya, Acharya of Bhavnagar says "More than 1000 people bathed in witty Vedantic wisdom for 5 days. During Guruji's's talk, time as though flew by everyday as everybody was been immersed by Pujya Guruji's captivating voice."
Mother nature too welcomed Pujya Guruji's Jnana Yajna by keeping monsoon downpours on pause. At the endof the yajna Guruji said, There is blessings of Pujya Gurudev and God, as rains also came after proper thinking - there was clear sky during evening and morning talks."
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